aa) Admission Requirements

The degree programme is OPEN ACCESS (no capped number restrictions). 

Enrolment Requisites

You are automatically admitted if you have gained a Bachelor’s degree in one of the following degree classes: L‐10 Humanities; L‐1 Cultural Heritage; L‐3 DAMSM; L‐5 Philosophy; L‐6 Geography; L‐11 Languages; L‐12 Linguistic mediation; L‐15 Tourism Studies; L‐19 Educational Sciences; L‐20 Communication Studies; L‐42 History; L‐43 Technologies for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage.

If you arrive from another Bachelor’s degree course 

you must have acquired at least 36 ECTS credits in your previous programme in the following scientific-disciplinary sectors (indicated next to the name of the exams taken):

Italian Literature (L‐FIL‐LET/10, L‐FIL‐LET/11); Classical Literature (L-FIL-LET/02, L-FIL-LET/04); Philological disciplines (L-FIL-LET/05, L-FIL-LET/09, L-FIL-LET/13, L-FIL-LET/15); Language disciplines (L‐FIL‐LET/12, L‐LIN/01, L‐LIN/02); Historical‐Geographical disciplines (L‐ANT/02, L‐ANT/03, M‐STO/01, M‐STO/02, M‐STO/04, M‐GGR/01) Library Economics or Paleography disciplines (M‐STO/ 08, M‐STO/09) Historical‐Artistic and Archaeological disciplines (L‐ANT/07, L‐ANT/08, L‐ART/01, L‐ART/02, L‐ART/03, L‐ART/04 ).

If you come from other degree programmes and do not meet all the curricular requirements mentioned, you may possibly enrol in individual courses offered by the University, successfully taking the exams, before enrolling in this degree.

Procedure for Enrolment

To enrol in the LM-14 Master's degree in Modern, Classical and Comparative Philology, you must:

1. attend the admission interview, held by Course professors on the dates indicated below.

The interview releases the necessary authorisation to complete registration. During the interview, the requirements for enrolment and possession of suitable personal preparation are assessed based on previous studies. The interview does not focus on disciplinary topics.
In order to issue the authorisation, it is necessary to present the following self-declarations at the interview:

a) printed copy (obtainable from the website of the University of origin, via the personal page) of the career plan of previous university path(s), which indicates the exams taken, the relevant scientific-disciplinary sectors, the credits achieved and the grade obtained (out of thirty) for each exam.

b) self-declaration form, duly completed and signed (pdf downloadable at the bottom of this page)

During the interview, the student must also indicate to the Commission the name of the teacher-tutor who will follow him/her during the university career

Entrance interviews for the Master's Degree Course will be held on fixed dates starting in September 2024.
The dates will be published on this page at the end of July.

Those who are already eligible for admission are advised not to wait for the interview until the last available date.

The interviews will be held in Vercelli at the facilities of the Department of Humanities.

Interested students must book for the selected day, via email to the Course Chair (raffaella.afferni@uniupo.it), in order to check availability of places. Booking must be made at least 7 days before the interview date. Once bookings have been completed, the President will communicate via email the room assigned and the round in which the student has been placed, if any.

For safe access to the Department's facilities and classrooms, all health requirements established by the University must be respected.

To access the classroom, all health requirements must be respected.

Please remember to bring with you the documentation relating to achievement of the Bachelor’s degree and any master's degree (for all these documents: self-declaration from the website of the University of origin, with details of exams passed).

This documentation must be sent in advance to the Course Chair via email when registering for the interview

1. complete registration at the Student Secretariat
2. take the placement test of the chosen foreign language (English, French, Spanish, German) after registration.

What is the foreign language placement test?

This test is COMPULSORY, but does not restrict admission to the course.
The test (interview to assess linguistic skills) does not substitute the exam of Foreign Language or Literature, which must also be taken according to your study plan and in the language chosen for the test.

The objective of the test is to verify the level of knowledge of the foreign language and, in the event that this level results as A1 or A2, to recommend attendance of an elementary course during the first year, in order to offer preparation that allows access to foreign language or literature exams scheduled in the second year of the Master's course.

Please remember that, by the end of your programme, you will need to have reached at least B2 level.

Anyone who has a low level in the foreign language is advised to contact the teachers responsible for that language: Prof. Elisabetta Lonati / Laura Tommaso (English); Laurence Audéoud (French), Andrea Baldissera (Spanish), Miriam Ravetto (German).

When?

The foreign language entrance test must be taken only AFTER ENROLMENT IS COMPLETE.
For information on language tests, please contact the following teachers:

• English: Profs. Elisabetta Lonati (elisabetta.lonati@uniupo.it) and Laura Tommaso (laura.tommaso@uniupo.it ).
• French: Prof. Laurence Audéoud (laurence.audeoud@uniupo.it)
• Spanish: Prof. Andrea Baldissera (andrea.baldissera@uniupo.it)
• German: Prof. Miriam Ravetto (miriam.ravetto@uniupo.it)

Who must take the test?

All students enrolled in the 1st year, apart from those who are exempt.
Students who hold language certification may be exempt from the text, and must send a copy of the language certificate to the Course Chair.

What to do after taking the test?

The test result and any identified remedial course (in the event of insufficient language skill) will be communicated to your teacher-tutor and Course Chair  (raffaella.afferni@uniupo.it).

Please note:
Each student is assigned a teacher-tutor throughout their studies, to be chosen by the student during the admissions interview.